CI-IAARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1950

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Subscriptions Delivered :d.ooMaiI 56.00; other Provinces & U. 8. 8700

HIGHWAY ROUTE FROM WOOD ISLANDS VIA SELKIRK RD.

Liberals To Vote Against Attlee Labor Gov'i:

Three Bandits Captured After Getaway Crash:

I(ON'l'R!lAL, April 26- (G)- one suspect is in critical condi- tion in hospital tonight and two alleged accomplices in is daring. dayiitzht bank holdup in the north- east Rosemount district are under slilrd ll Police searched for a aurlh suspect who escaped with

In hospital is George Wallace. 1)

Hospital authorities say he is suffering from a police-inflicted bullet wound near the spine.

in police custody are Eric Mc- Donnei. &. of nearby St. Lambert. and Jean Brunet. 25. All three were captured following a wild, '75-mile-an-hour chose through northend streets which ended when the banditsi getaway car collided with another automobile and crashed into a pole.

Mcbonnel, driver of the bandit car. was not injured while Brunet suffered only minor injuries in the crash and getaway attempt in which 25 shots were exchanged between police and the bandits.

Wallace was brought down with a bullet when he aimed his gun at a police officer. One police radio-car was struck by the ban- dlts' bullets but no policeman was injured.

The fourth suspect crawled out of the smashed car and fled with the loot. The driver of the private car involved in the accident. 0. Rochon. of Montreal. suffered minor injuries.

The accident climaxed a chase that started from a branch of the Royal Bank in Rosemount. The alarm was given by Miss Louise Germain. cashier at the bank. as soon as the men fled with the money after cutting telephone wires. The bank had an automatic alarm communicating directly with a nearby police station.

Between is,ooa and 10.000 doct- ors, or 88 per cent of all those in England and Wales, have jointvd the newly-formed British national health service.

Coming Events

"Mail your Minis to Gunhum Photo Studio. Charlottetown.

"Dance Long River Hall. Wed- nesday. April 26th.

"Call 1906-J avenlngs for Dry Wood Slabs.

"Play, Tracadia Hall. Wednes- day. May 3rd. Dance after.

'.Please bring grain and timothy for cleaning before May 31st. Wilfred Pickering. Clinton.

"canoe Cove tonight at 8.30. Show "spooks Ruii Wild" with the East Side Kids.

"Pas-mers. now booking Clover Seeds. Rush order? Mcouigsn dc Boyle.

dance in night. Refresh-

"Cansdian Legion Rustico Hall. Wednesday April as. Good music. ments.

"Loading hogs April 27 at Fred- ericton until ll s.m. and Coivillo until 11.30 am. Phone 27-121. 0. L. MacDoweli.

"Buying pigs Wednesday at Fredericton. Paying 513 pair for good pigs over 30 lbs. each. Knud Jurgensen.

”&'The Path Across the Hill. - ted by the spring Valley P - era. in krill; Valley Hall, Thurs- day night. April 71th.

"Wednesday. April 28th. Tea and small Ille of fancy articles. at. Peter's Cathedral Hull. 3.30 P. M. Admission 50 cents.

"All school taxes in Trundle Oross school district not paid in ten days will be used in for col- lection. Order o trustees.

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--rugm wonittptul Grand Lodge sessions L.O.A. and L. 0. I. A. to be held in Charlotte- town Wednesday. May 10. 10 Mn- Wateli for further announcement.

livc. until noon. Dtiusuisrsida until In P. as. and xssislnstm Ilni-ii 9 Ell. cum.

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Posted To Stuff i College in England

It was officially learned yester- day that Wing Commander G. R. F. Gross (above) who has been the commanding officer of R. C. A. F. Station. Summersidc, since Janu- ary, l949. has been posted to the Joint Stafif Services College, Lon-

don. England, effective about September 1st. No successor has yet been announced.

Since coming to Summei-side WN Gross has taken a keen in- terest in community affairs and has made many friends. He is a member of the executive of the Rotary Club and is a member of the Curling Club.

Wing Commander Gross is a civil engineer. a graduate of the University of Toronto. holding a Bachelor of Science Degree. He is also a graduate of the R. C. A. F. War Staff College and a qualified general list armament officer who has been granted the symbol "A". A regular force officer. Wing C.orn-mander Gross Joined the ser- vice in 1935, and attained his pilot's wings early in 1936.

As a qualified flying instructor he instructed in training schools under the British Commonwealth All Tfiiinihl Plan during the war. He also commanded several bomb- ing and gunnery schools operated under the plan. Previous to com- ing to Summerside he commanded the Armament School it

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Decision-ii-eighlens iiiieai To labor Gov'TToday

By ALAN HARVEY

LONDON. April N - (GP) - The threat to the life of Britaints Labor Government posed by to- morrow's division on the budget was heightened tonight when 'tha nine Liberal members of the House of Commons decided to vote against it.

In addition. six Labor members are ill and party strategists don't expect they will be present for the voting.

The Conservatives decided Mon- day to vote against two budget resolutions when the budget de- bate ends Wednesday. One raises the gasoline tax by nine" pence (about.12 cents) a gallon; the other imposes a new purchase tax on road trucks of 33 i-3 per cent.

Defeat of Prime Minister At- tlee's Government on the budget would force its resignation. Labor has held office with a handful of votes since the general election of February. '

The Press Association said two of Winston Churchill's Conserva- tives also may miss the division.

The result of ti by-election held Tuesday in Dunbartonshire West is not expected to be known until mid-day Wednesday. There Labor is defending the seat vacated by the death of AS. McKinlay. Mc- Kinlay had a plurality of 613 votes in the general election. over Coti- servative and communist candid- ates.

The by-election is a. straight fight between Tom steel. Labor, and Cmdr. Robert. Allen, conserv- ative.

The winner may be flown to London in the hope he can take his seat and vote.

standing in the 3-scat House now is Labor 313: Conservatives and their allies 293 (including one Independent Liberal considered as certain to, vote with the Conserv- atives); Liberals 9. In addition. three Northern Ireland members. one a Conservative and two Irish Nationalists. have yet to take their seats. and there are two vacancies to be lined in by-elections, includ- ing Dunbartonshire West. '

Labor's effective working maj- ority is seven. The party has a maximum of 310 votes, allowing for two tellers and the chairman of zgmmittees. who do not vote. The

tal of all other party members able to vote is 303. The speaker, s Conservative. voles only in case of I tie. The Conservatives also have two tellers and a deputy chairman of committees, who dd not vote.

Rapid Improvement In Unemployment Predicted

OTTAWA, April 25 -(C?) - Ropid improvement in the unem- ployment situation in Canada from mid-April on was predicted by the Laibor Department today.

The department, in ll periodic report on the country's employ- ment said that at March 30 a total of 428,2i6 Canadians were seeking work through National Employ- ment Service offices.

Reporting a slight improvement in the general employment situ- ation for the last two weeks of March. the report predicted that a "slight" worsening would be shown when figures became available for the first two weeks of April. How- ever. it. was expected the total isumber of job seekers "would drop rapidly" after April 10.

The highest. number of unplaced applicants seeking employment through N. E. 8. offices during the i948-49 winter was w5.000. It was impossible, said the departmenhto make a fair comparison with the

March so figure of souls lab ' "because the granting of

Supplementary allowances had caused 56.500 persom to register who had not registered before."

Excluding the 56,500 new regist- rants under supplementary bene- fits provisions approved by Parlia- ment during February. in, total of 371,700 persons were seeking work through N. E. 8. offices at the end of Match.

This represented a drop of 4.200 from the comparable number of applicants seeking work at March 16.

The department said the im- provement was due to a "continued sharp decline" in the number of job seekers on the west coast to- gether with new Job openings in industries such as electrical ap- paratus. men's clothing, some prim- ary textiles. and preliminary wort: on the oil pipeline in Alberta.

The new job openings more than "offset layoffs in certain industries and areas such as those in the eastern logging industry. in the

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Service Men Unload Ships In London Dock Strike

BOBDON. April 5 -(OP) - The government pledged today to move in more service men to re- place striking Ipndon longshore- mm unless the iongshorem... end a wildcat walkout begun a week

an - About 2.000 army and navy mm

up were at worit on the docks today-

They moved in yesterday. It was announced that 0.000 R- A- F- ground men will be sent to the dock area at the rate of 1.000 a day. labor hunistar George rstisca told the noon at commons that II

.';'.1"a'e. "lac tilt. the port work 1' (oily aiaintainsd." l-lo um-M '0 the strikers to reconsider their at-

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meanwhile showed no signs weakening. Hundreds quit rather than work sionssitlo the soldier! and sailors.

The National Dock Labor Board said today that 18.174 men of I total force ofT:7.00o were idls.e?lui;: up 94 shhsg. e cargoes are food for ntioned Britain or Brit.- ish exports.

The strike is an outsrowth of an intrs-union dispute. The union executive board suspended three men accused of leading last sum-

nouncod official investigation.

The ota-rant waiatuut baa as a protest Itainst the of the three. at least one when is an avowed coulnunist.

To Announce New Butter . Floor Price

At Ottawa

OTTAWA. April 25-(CP)-- A new Government floor price for creamery butler will be announced tomorrow and there was specula- tion that it may be 52 cents a pound. or even lower.

Disclosure that the new price will be announced tomorrow was made in the Commons today by Agriculture Minister Gardiner in reply to L. E. Cardiff (PC-Huron North).

The new price. effective May 1. will bring to a close the 1949-50 government support price 01' 53 cents a pound which now is be- ing paid to producers for surplus butter.

Some dairy experts. predict- ing a price drop, said a lower flood price will mean a cut to the butler consumer and may stimulate butter sales in Canada.

Supporting butter at 58 cents H pound. and selling it at about 60 cents. the Government accum- ulated about 50.000.000 P0uiid3 0! butter in 1949 and still is be- lieved to have in storage about 13,000,000 pounds of unsold butter.

Turning to foreign miirktis A" an attempt to get rid of the sur- plus. the Government sold about 500,000 pounds to Germany 3'5 59' proximately 50 cents a Poillidw eight cents is ipound lower than the support Dr C9-

Mr. Gardiner told the Commons that he had been conferring with representatives of dairy ilrme" and with an advisory C0mmI"-99 yesterday and today-

Dairy Farmers Statement

The Dairy Farmers of Canada- in a statement. said they had slit gggted 3 plan whereby consumers would get butter at 10 Cenls f pound cheaper than lust X95" with the government substdizin-I the product to give farmers is fill! return. ,

The subsidies could in Wm M” of the Government's 5200.00?-0t00 price-support program "1? 5 ”1e' merit said. and While ""5 pa" would possibly require more of the support funds than now being used. the additional expenditure would be compenesnsted by low"

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mlliclig tfllsrllrlgss Pfeiled 1" "'9 maintenance Of the 5&C9"l'Per' pound price support for buigg and urged a return to the art cenppgrnpaund 1949 price-supp for cheese. Cheese now is being supported at 27 CH"! P" 99”" ' basis delivery at factories.

Directors of the dairy farm 03"; ganization also eXDr95S9d 900C” over the impact Of m'”'5i”'l"9 pm' ductlon on the sale of butter. h

Mr. Gardini.-r's meetirill WW1 i 3 agricultural advisory Caiimigef was closed to the D1”955- T 9 C6" mittee included Provincial 6- puty Ministers of Allfiwliule '"'d representatives of the C”"3dl'm Federation of AlZ1'lCi1l""'9'

H. H. I-lannam. president of the 400.000-member C.F.A. is chairman of mo comniiitee which meeea: with Mr, (rardlner twice a (3; S to formulate recommends! 011 dealing with major farm pf” ems-

Esiiimo Docks With Aid Oi Airplane

Directed from the air. the Gov- ernment owned M.v. Eskimo zill- ngged her way through ice out- side Charlottetown harbour Ytesitg; day evening and docked 1; u G mmwsy Wharf for the firs! no this season. she tied up Ii? N 0' clock.

After beini foiled 1” ”"igf” gm-.9 days by the heavy ice. 9 boat was guided in from a rlrclini plane from which the ahivliiiil manager of the Industrial Corpor- ation, Mr. C.P. Rkddall rsdioetd uuactions. The boat has been a - tempting to come in since Sunday morning. -

loading operations will coni- mencc this afternoon at one o- clock. To be taken aboard IN mg. quantities of potatoes Wr- ntps, groceries. canned aoodl. GORP ant and some cattle. The! Vi" 5" distributed along the southern coast of Newfoundland.

,,............... POLICE CARRY IABE DRUG

wrmon. Ont. aprii 26 - (OP! .. A 00-mile-an-hour dash by an Ontario Provincial Police cmiser carrying a rare drug today helped in a tiaht. to save the life of a 12- yesr-old boy. The boy. when mm! was not revealed. was stricken with virus pneumonia at his home in Forest. 50 miles west of here. The nearest source of auroomycin. needed to treat him. was a drug oouipan hers. Provinciol pelica- msnd vsratimadrtigtnssssin-

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Telephone Strike in U. S. Pgsiponed

WASHINGTON, April 23 -(AP) -The communications workers (C. I. 0.) today postponed indefinitely a telephone strike it had called to 139cm at 6 a. m. tomorrow across the United States.

Joseph A. Belrne, president ol

the union, announced the post- ponement.

The union would not predict what the 10.000 meaubers of its division of installation workers, employed by Western Electric

Company. might do tomorrow. That division stnick yesterday at major points throughout. the country.

Former Mayor - Of S'side Dies

The late Mr. John I-J. Canitpbr-ti (above) a. former Mayor of Sum-, merside whose sudden death took

place yesterday (Sec Summcrsldel page for story.) i

Childrenls Aid Society For Province Discussed

The need of a strong Children”: Aid Society or similar organiza- tion io take an active part in the child welfare activities throughout the Province was stressed at public meeting called by the Char- lottetown Children's Aid Society in the City Hall last night. Rev. G. Carlyle Webster. president of the Society was chairman.

Guest speaker. Mr. F. R. Mac- Klnnon. Director of Child Welfare for the Nova Scotia Government, outlined situations under which child welfare problems arise. He pointed out the methods by which these problems can be lessened and advised the group to de- termine whether or not they need- ed action.

Speakers at the meeting includ- ed His Excellency Bishop Boyle. Rev. H. E. D. Ashford, Rev. Sis-. ter St. John of the Cross, Miss Gerlche. Girl's Secretary at the Y. M. C. A.; Major A. L. Nichol- son. Director of Children's Allow- ances; Hon. A. W. Maiheson, Min- isicr of Health and Welfare; Dr. Lloyd Shaw. Director of Educa- tion: Mrs. Bohaker. and Mr. T. E. MacNutt.

After hearing the opinion of the meeting, Mr. MacKinnon who is surveying child welfare interests in Charlottetown and Summer- side. urged immediate action. He stated that it was up to him to submit the recommendations and that the group should study and relate them to the society here. A meeting of the society will be held after Mr. Macl(innonis rccomnicndations are forwarded to the executive.

In a short address Mr. MacKin- non illustrated the probiiems fac- ing society from illegitimate chil-

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Reds Prepare For Berlin Demonstrations

BERLIN, April 25 (AP) East.-German Communists today were reported to be moving largo forces of armed police into the Russian sector of Berlin in pre- paration for the big May demon- strations and marches. The West- Berlin newspaper Depesche said that 2,500 new "people's police" had been imported from the sur- rounding Russian occupation zone during the last week and that more were expected. The paper said they were being moved into Ber- lin in small groups to avoid de- tection. The people's police are the heavily-armed semi-military organisation set up under Russian sponsorship. tantamount to a Ger- man Communist Army.

lieporis Opiimism In Mariiinifs

OTTAWA. April 25 -(OP) - John Dickey (L-Halifax) said to- night in the Commons that there was a feeling of optimism and con- fidence in the Mnritlmes which had not been prevalent for years.

But the Maritimes still were not satisfied that their young people had the same opportunities for advancement as those of other parts of Canada and tho United States. The result was that the youth of the mritimes were emigrating out of the region.

Many former Oanadiana now living in the' United States were of Maritime stock. he said in the bud- get debate.

Annual Meeting P.E.l. Advisory Board To Blind

Mr. W. G. Foster was re-elect-,. ed chairman of the P. E. 1. Ad- visory Board for the , National Institute to the Blind at the first armual meeting last night. It was held at the Charlottetown HO-lei.

Annual reports were given by M"- Floslrf. Mrs. H. L. Palmer and the President of the Char.

lottewwn Woineii's Auxiliary. Mrs. W. J. P. MaoMiilan.

Mr. F. iii Flinn, superintendent of the Mziritime Division of the 1;... stitute reported the growth or the organization throughout the Mar- ihmes. making particular refer- ence to the work for the prevent- ion of blindness.

Members elected to the P. E. 1. Advisory Board for 1950.51 were as follows:

Chairman. W. G. Foster; first vice-chairman, Col. Keith S. Rog- ers; 2nd vice-chairman Judge C. St. Clair Traiiior; secretary. Mrs. ll. L. Palmer. treasurer, Walthen Gsudet; other members: Mr. J. F. Miiett. Mr. Percy Boudrr-ault, Mr. A. P. Ceretti. Dr. J. A. Clark. Mr. Roy Cudmore, Mr. William L. De- laney, Judge J. S. Desiloches, Mr. W. G. Foster, Mr. Walthen Gaudet, Mr. W. S. Grant. Mr. Sydney Green. Mr. Dmeison Johnston. Mr. Cyril Leord. Mayor B. Earle Mac- Donald. Col. Leo F. MacDonald. -Mr. Jack MacLet-in. Mrs. W. J. P. MaoMiilan. Mr. John Myrick, Mrs. Lorno Noonan, Mr. Peter Pate, Mrs. H. L. Palmer, Col. K. S. Rog. ers. Dr. W. ll. Soper, Judge c. st. Clair Trninor.

Following is the text of the re- port submitted by Mr. Foster:

CHAIRMAN'S REPORT

it is wflih real pleasure that I present this the first annual report of the Chairman of this Board. In

I . . . Government about Dominion aid

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Bridges Not Specified In Agreement As Tabled

The eastern section of the Trans-Canada Highway in this Province will not traverse the Shore Road to Eldon as was on- ticipoted by many but will take a more direct though less ite- quenvted route from Wood Is- lands along the old Selkirk Road through lite rural districts of Culioden, ions and Newton Cross to O-rweli, according to word received from The Guar- dion correspondent at Ottawa last night. The correspondent's d-esparch follows:

OTTAWA, April 25 - (Special) - Belief that Premier Jones has an understanding with the Federal

for bridges along the route of the

Trans-Canada Highway in Prince Edward island was strengthened here today.

in the copy of the agreement signed by Resources and Develop- ment Minister Winters. no mention occurs of what bridges the new highway will cross. its route is designated solely by the villages through which it will pass. At the last moment, Mr. Jones added two or three villages in addition to those set forth in the original schedule.

Route set forth in the agree- ment signed by the Premier and tabled in the House of Commons here today is as follows:

"Commencing at Wood Islands ferry. the terminal of the Prince Edward lslaurl-Nova Sootia ferry: thence through the villages of Culloden, Selkirk ltoad. Ions, Newton Cross. Orwell. Vernon. Pownal. to the east boundary of the City of Charlottetown; again from the north boundary of the City of Charlottetown through the villages of Cornwall. Clyde River, New Haven. Bonshaw. De Sable, Hampton, Tryon. to the town of Borden."